CVE-2016-3623

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 03, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The rgb2ycbcr tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero) by setting the (1) v or (2) h parameter to 0.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2569

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85952

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2569